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What are the Hardest English Words?

It’s not easy to learn a language – no one’s arguing against that. But English especially can seem a bit difficult when you first start studying it. Truth be told, this isn’t just true for new English learners – even native speakers have trouble with their own language sometimes! If you’re new to the language, you’ve probably spent a fair bit of time studying up on all the grammar rules to improve your English skills. The trick is not to get scared off by the words that break those rules. There are just some words you’ll never know until you hear someone use them. How many of the hardest English words featured below have you come across in your studies?

So which difficult words stumped our team?

We got our team together and threw a few difficult words at them to see how many of them had heard or used these words before. You’ll be surprised by their reactions!

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